Practice area

Social Responsibility consultancy

Social accountability and ethical supply-chain programmes buyers audit against.

Standards in social responsibility

Prefer to just ask someone about social responsibility rather than fill in a form?

What social responsibility is worth to you

Buyer requirement met

Brand customers audit labour and ethics before placing volume orders.

Supply chain retained

Failing an ethical audit removes you from a buyer's list quickly and quietly.

Workforce stability

Fair, documented practice reduces turnover and the cost of constant rehiring.

Reputation insured

Independent verification is the defence when supply chains are questioned publicly.

Why expert advice is worth having

1

Self assessment is generous

Everyone marks their own social responsibility homework kindly. An outside gap analysis tells you the uncomfortable part while it is still cheap to fix rather than three weeks before the audit.

2

Surveillance never stops

A social responsibility certificate is the start of a three year cycle, not the end of a project. Building for the surveillance audits from day one costs far less than rebuilding before each one.

3

Integration saves real money

If social responsibility sits alongside other standards you hold, running them as one system means one document set and one audit rather than paying for the same work several times over.

4

Template packs fail on contact

Downloaded social responsibility documentation describes a company that does not exist. Staff do not recognise the process, records never get made, and the gap shows up on audit day.

Insights, news and know-how

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Working notes from the consultants.

News

What has changed, and when it bites.

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Articles

Longer pieces on one subject.

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Knowledge base

How things are actually done.

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Talk to us about social responsibility

Tell us who is asking and by when, and we will map the shortest compliant route.